Morgan Grenfell 1838-1988
The Biography of a Merchant Bank
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1989
Clarendon Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-828306-5 (ISBN)
Clarendon Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-828306-5 (ISBN)
The arresting story of one of the oldest and most illustrious merchant banks from its founding in 1838 by the American, George Peabody to Big Bang and the stock market crash of October 1987.
This is the arresting 150-year story of one of the oldest and most illustrious merchant banks and of the men who made it.
Founded in 1838 by an American, George Peabody, Morgan Grenfell quickly became the most important American banking house in London, and by the turn of the century held an unrivalled position as part of the most powerful investment bank in the world. The book chronicles its role in financing the overseas purchases of Britain and her allies during the First World War, in taking the lead amongst the private London bankers in reconstructing Europe during the 1920s, and in pioneering the new field of corporate finance. In the 1980s Morgan Grenfell took off with a substantial rise in profits and an extraordinarily powerful Corporate Finance Department: an epilogue summarises recent events to the end of 1988 when it decided to exit from securities in London and to concentrate on developing its areas of traditional strength.
Based on a wide range of original sources, this book is unmatched as a banking history: no other book combines the unrestricted access to the bank's archives afforded to the author with a narrative of events up to the 1980s.
This is the arresting 150-year story of one of the oldest and most illustrious merchant banks and of the men who made it.
Founded in 1838 by an American, George Peabody, Morgan Grenfell quickly became the most important American banking house in London, and by the turn of the century held an unrivalled position as part of the most powerful investment bank in the world. The book chronicles its role in financing the overseas purchases of Britain and her allies during the First World War, in taking the lead amongst the private London bankers in reconstructing Europe during the 1920s, and in pioneering the new field of corporate finance. In the 1980s Morgan Grenfell took off with a substantial rise in profits and an extraordinarily powerful Corporate Finance Department: an epilogue summarises recent events to the end of 1988 when it decided to exit from securities in London and to concentrate on developing its areas of traditional strength.
Based on a wide range of original sources, this book is unmatched as a banking history: no other book combines the unrestricted access to the bank's archives afforded to the author with a narrative of events up to the 1980s.
Kathleen Burk is Lecturer in Modern History and Politics at Imperial College, London
George Peabody & co. 1838-1864 - the birth of the bank; J.S.Morgan & co. 1864-1910 - per ardua ad astra; Morgan Grenfell & co. 1910-1934 - from overseas finance to corporate finance; finance and foreign policy 1900-1918 - wars and rumours of war; finance and foreign policy 1921-1931 - reconstruction, reparations and debacle; Morgan Grenfell & co. ltd. 1934-1961 - the old order changeth; domestic resurgence 1961-1981; international developments and the break-up of the Morgan family 1961-1981; epilogue 1981-1988.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.10.1989 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | frontispiece, 16 plates |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 242 mm |
| Gewicht | 817 g |
| Themenwelt | Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Versicherungsbetriebslehre |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-828306-7 / 0198283067 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-828306-5 / 9780198283065 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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